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|title=The Ascendant
|sort=Ascandent, The
|publisher=Quartet Books
|date=June 2014
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0704373580</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>0704373580</amazonus>
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|summary=The Greek gods were renowned for their scheming, plotting and backstabbing. Alethea Crowe brings them into the modern day, in a novel that twists, turns and entertains, although fails to maintain a tight hold on the reader.
|cover=0704373580
|aznuk=0704373580
|aznus=0704373580
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The Greek Gods never died - in fact, they are still very much on this planet, causing chaos and interfering with the lives of mortals, albeit on a much smaller scale than in their heyday. Whilst the front cover suggests a thriller much in the vein of The Da Vinci Code or something of its ilk, Alathea Crowe has created something with excellent characters and interesting prose. It's just a shame she didn't stick to the thriller aspect more, as I felt the book lost its hold on me fairly early on.